diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 9ad978cb8..e49f89ca8 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ gunicorn==19.9.0
 django-redis==4.9.1
 redis==2.10.6
 tls-syslog==0.1.3
-markdown2==2.3.7
+markdown2==2.4.0
 django-email-bandit==1.5
 openpyxl==2.5.12
 boto3==1.10.42